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| Hi, new poster here. Has anywone noticed that all the magic at Hogwarts is done by wand or by potion, but that 2 or 3 times Harry is able to do magic w/o either. cf. the window at the zoo and Aunt what's-her-name blowing up like a balloon. You would (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| I think the wand is a means of controlling and focusing the use of magic. The times when Harry performs magic without a wand are times of great emotional duress, when he doesn't really have any control of what he's doing. Presmably the wizards and (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) No offense, but are you using you skull to store old rags or something? (24 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) I'll agree partially to that explaination. In book 1, when Harry is in Diagon Alley to buy things for school, he and Hagrid go to the wand shop. The wand shop says that its the "wand that picks the master" and that "no two wands are the same" (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| Hey Ben, Good thoughts. You might want to put a *Spoiler warning* in your message though, that you are potentially "spoiling" the books for someone who hasn't read them yet. It's courteous to do so, because I'm sure there are fans who haven't (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) Toenail of unicorn? (24 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) it was a quick example on the ingrediants, not necessarily exact... who knows...probably more like hoof shaving...or something like that.... sheesh... (24 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) Good point, Shiri... sorry to all who read my message and haven't gotten that far in the reading...my humblest apologies.... anyways...I tried not to reveal too much of the story line anyways... a interested previous poster wanted to know the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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